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EP0519964 - APPARATUS OF TREATING PIGMENTED LESIONS USING PULSED IRRADIATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1993/01]APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING PIGMENTED LESIONS USING PULSED IRRADIATION
[1994/32]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  10.06.1995
Database last updated on 25.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip07.12.2007Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): ES
published on 09.01.2008  [2008/02]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANDELA LASER CORPORATION
530 Boston Post Road
Wayland, MA 01778 / US
For all designated states
Trustees of Boston University
147 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215 / US
[N/P]
Former [1993/01]For all designated states
CANDELA LASER CORPORATION
530 Boston Post Road
Wayland, MA 01778 / US
For all designated states
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
147 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TAN, Oon, Tian
1 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA 02116 / US
02 / HSIA, James, C.
7 Apache Avenue
Andover, MA 01810 / US
03 / FURUMOTO, Horace
14 Woodridge Road
Wellesley, MA 02181 / US
[1993/01]
Representative(s)Holdcroft, James Gerald, et al
Graham Watt & Co LLP
St Botolph's House
7-9 St Botolph's Road
Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 3AJ / GB
[N/P]
Former [1993/01]Holdcroft, James Gerald, Dr., et al
Graham Watt & Co., Riverhead
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN / GB
Application number, filing date91905725.714.03.1991
[1993/01]
WO1991US01715
Priority number, dateUS1990049330914.03.1990         Original published format: US 493309
[1993/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO9113653
Date:19.09.1991
Language:EN
[1991/22]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP0519964
Date:30.12.1992
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.09.1991 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[1992/53]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP0519964
Date:10.08.1994
Language:EN
[1994/32]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP19.09.1991
ClassificationIPC:A61N5/06
[1993/01]
CPC:
A61B18/203 (EP,US); A61N5/067 (EP,US); A61B2018/00452 (EP,US);
A61B2018/00458 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB,   IT [1993/01]
TitleGerman:GERÄT ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON PIGMENTIERTEN LÄSIONEN DURCH GEPULSTE STRAHLUNGEN[1994/32]
English:APPARATUS OF TREATING PIGMENTED LESIONS USING PULSED IRRADIATION[1994/32]
French:APPAREIL UTILISES POUR SOIGNER LES LESIONS PIGMENTEES A L'AIDE DE RAYONNEMENTS PULSES[1994/32]
Former [1993/01]GERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON PIGMENTIERTEN LÄSIONEN DURCH GEPULSTE STRAHLUNGEN
Former [1993/01]APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING PIGMENTED LESIONS USING PULSED IRRADIATION
Former [1993/01]APPAREIL ET PROCEDE UTILISES POUR SOIGNER LES LESIONS PIGMENTEES A L'AIDE DE RAYONNEMENTS PULSES
Entry into regional phase08.10.1992National basic fee paid 
08.10.1992Designation fee(s) paid 
08.10.1992Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure10.10.1991Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: DE
08.10.1992Examination requested  [1992/53]
21.04.1993Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.08.1993Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.09.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: No)
21.12.1993Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: later approval)
13.01.1994Communication of intention to grant the patent
19.03.1994Fee for grant paid
19.03.1994Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)11.05.1995No opposition filed within time limit [1995/31]
Fees paidRenewal fee
26.02.1993Renewal fee patent year 03
24.02.1994Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipES10.08.1994
IT10.08.1994
[2002/25]
Former [1999/42]IT10.08.1994
Cited inInternational searchEP0172490  [ ] (MEDICAL LASER RESEARCH AND DEV [US])
 [X]  - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, volume 1, 1981, R.R. Anderson et al.: "Microvasculature can be selectively damaged using dye lasers: A basic theory and experimental evidence in human skin" pages 263-276
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